CONTACTS 

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing Product Definition
7 Habits Highly Effective People
Human Memory, Experience
Journal
Covey, Implementing 7 Habits
Visualization is Supplemented

0908 -
0908 -    ..
0909 - Summary/Objective
0910 -
091001 - Follow up
091002 -
091003 - Considered correlations between Covey's work and SDS; discussed
091004 - techniques for helping with relationships.  The dialog has produced
091005 - some interesting connections between Ron's views and SDS.
091006 -
091007 -     [See follow up discussion at ref SDS 19 line 69.
091008 -
091010 -    ..
091011 -   Seminar Concept
091012 -
091013 -   Discussed doing a seminar on implementing "secrets" of management
091014 -   experts using SDS, and overcoming deeply held doubts of experienced
091015 -   executives who withhold acceptance of transcending technology.
091016 -
091017 -       [See follow up discussion at ref SDS 19 line 69.
091018 -
091019 - ..
091020 - Received Ron's comments on Cal Tech PM seminar review,
091021 - ref SDS 5 line 091101, and his observati*ns on SDS & POIMS scope
091022 - statement, ref OF 1.~ Submitted an updated analysis of Covey's
091023 - reliance on religion in the "7 Habits...", ref SDS 5 line 092386.
091024 -
091026 -  ..
0911 -
0912 -
0913 - Discussion
0914 -    ..
0915 -
091501 - Correlations with Covey's Work
091502 -
091503 - Ron said he discovered from my second analysis, ref SDS 6 line 86, a
091504 - correlation between SDS and Covey's work, that did not seem apparent
091505 - from the initial review, ref SDS 5 line 103.  This revealed a personal
091506 - perspective he had not realized he held.
091508 -  ..
091509 - Ron demurred on setting out his own summary of "7 Habits...", however
091510 - we considered the following from my initial analysis, ref SDS 5 line
091511 - 100:
091512 -
091513 -    Start with Objectives
091514 -        ..
091515 -        I showed how SDS planning records begin with an
091516 -        "Objective" statement to guide action and evaluate results,
091517 -        which helps implement Covey's idea of setting out objectives.
091518 -
091520 -     ..
091521 -    Understanding through investing
091522 -
091523 -        Discussed Covey's advocacy of gaining understanding of issues,
091524 -        background and options, before taking action.  SDS automated
091525 -        access to this information supports implementation. SDS editing
091526 -        tools and instant access to collateral information further
091527 -        enhance the chance to gain understanding, relative to conven-
091528 -        tional techniques, by writing out what we believe and checking
091529 -        it against related information, ref OF 1 line 195.
091530 -
091531 -    ..
091532 -    Improve communications
091533 -
091534 -        Ron feels that communications can be improved by giving parties
091535 -        the opportunity to review meeting notes in advance of taking
091536 -        action.  SDS integration of planning and reporting enable
091537 -        people to confirm understandings much quicker and more thor-
091538 -        oughly.  Similarly, instant access to SDS records by members of
091539 -        a team means communication can occur without tying up peoples'
091540 -        time.
091541 -
091543 -     ..
091544 -    Power of synergy comes from shared knowledge and ideas.
091545 -
091546 -        Covey's focus on improved productivity resulting from improved
091547 -        communications, is implemented by the POIMS data base design
091548 -        used in SDS explained at ref OF 1 line 168.  Integrating time
091549 -        and information generates a powerful synergy of recognized
091550 -        management practices:
091551 -                   ..
091552 -                   Time is money; knowledge is power.
091553 -
091555 -     ..
091556 -    Writing a Journal
091557 -
091558 -        Ron feels the SDS integrated diary is a practical way in some
091559 -        situations for implementing this practice.  He mentioned keep-
091560 -        ing a journal some years ago and recalls it was useful in sort-
091561 -        ing out his thoughts and preserving his understandings.  He is
091562 -        still keeping a journal on dreams.
091563 -
091564 -
091565 -
091566 -
091567 -
0916 -

SUBJECTS
3 x 5 Cards, Improve Organization of
Schedule
Visualization Improved by SDS
Controlled Visibility
Motiviation
Visualization, Executive Work Methods
Pictures Not Text

2009 -
201001 -  ..
201002 - Begin with End in Mind, Visualizations
201003 - 3 x 5 Cards
201004 - Affirmations
201005 -
201006 - Ron explained this practice to set daily objectives, and to develop
201007 - self-motivation and confidence to carry out the tasks needed to
201008 - accomplish objectives.  One method is to write out on a 3 x 5 card
201009 - specific objectives, and to examine these each day.  It can be helpful
201010 - to write down specific objectives repeatedly (5 - 10 times) in order
201011 - to maintain focus on objectives.
201012 -
201013 -     I explained how SDS applies the concept of Controlled Visibility
201014 -     to focus priorities.
201015 -     ..
201016 -     On 920404 Morris related a concept of learning based on a
201017 -     method of visualizaton. ref SDS 2 8453
201019 -      ..
201020 -     [Morris cited "visualization" a fews years later - after attending
201021 -     a seminar,
201023 -      ..
201024 -     [960103 Jim Caudle with USA Missle Defense, said executives use
201025 -     visualization. ref SDS 26 9955]
201027 -  ..
201028 - Ron submitted an outline for a seminar he conducted on helping people
201029 - with personal relationships, ref DRT 3.  It shows a number of methods,
201030 - including visualizations and affirmations, to help people recognize
201031 - feelings, set objectives, and focus their efforts.  We considered the
201032 - meaning of "love" in its various forms (e.g. a person, family, humani-
201033 - ty, reading, food, exercise, etc.)
201034 -      ..
201035 -      I explained my view that the most common meaning for love
201036 -      between people and especially between men and women arises from
201037 -      the biological imperative to reproduce.  Something must draw
201038 -      people together and hold them so for the period required to raise
201039 -      offspring, hence "making love" and "being in love" are different
201040 -      forms of a single enterprise.  From this it appears that human
201041 -      bonds generally arise from proximity, those closest to us tend to
201042 -      be those for whom we form the strongest bonds, called "love."
201043 -      Thus, "I love children, but, I love my child the most." Proximity
201044 -      seems to relate primarily to blood relations, physical location,
201045 -      then values and a host of other stuff.  This notion of bonding,
201046 -      gets to be used more loosely to explain a mere affinity such as a
201047 -      "love of tennis."
201048 -
201049 -
201050 -
201051 -
2011 -

SUBJECTS
Last Withhold Denial Willfully Blind None So Blind as Those Will Not

2703 -
270401 -  ..
270402 - Last Withhold Visualization Affirmation Conversation Dialogue
270403 -
270404 - Ron explained practices to overcome "Last Withhold" using
270405 - visualizations and affirmations through dialog and conversation, as a
270406 - means to help people discover and/or realize the source of their
270407 - feelings about deeply personal relationships.
270409 -  ..
270410 - Cannot find published on "last withhold."
270412 -  ..
270413 - Ron explained today that people formulate reasons for "withholding"
270414 - support for change, new initiatives, etc.  Evidence can persuade
270415 - people that some of their reasons are not valid excuses to avoid a
270416 - course of action.  Fear of change and consequences of failure in the
270417 - event expected benefits are not realized results in people maintaining
270418 - a "last withhold" that withholds willingness to accept evidence
270419 - showing the only remaining reason is invalid.
270421 -  ..
270422 - "Last Withhold" as Ron seems to present today describe mental barriars
270423 - to recognizing "truth," and overcoming "denial; similar to...
270424 -
270425 -                     None so blind as those who will not see.
270426 -                     Willfully blind
270427 -
270428 -            [On 960721 possible example of denial. ref SDS 29 0896]
270430 -             ..
270431 -            [On 980307 denial cited in Andy Grove's book. ref SDS 31
270432 -            2680]
270434 -             ..
270435 -            [On 050709 1634 Millie mentions in a letter to Ron his
270436 -            anger and disappointment because she is relying on her
270437 -            doctor's for medical advice to recover from cancer, and
270438 -            does not have time to research Internet websites for
270439 -            alternative treaments, and present them to her medical
270440 -            team. ref SDS 35 4J7U
270442 -  ..
270443 - Ron recalled during the meeting today participants were able to unlock
270444 - awareness of events and attitudes by explaining related events.
270446 -  ..
270447 - Last Withhold - Power of Writing
270448 -
270449 - We discussed how this concept of "discovery" and "unlocking truth"
270450 - occurs using SDS.
270452 -  ..
270453 - Writing a record like this one gradually unlocks more and more
270454 - recollections, and then becomes a resource linked to past history (see
270455 - References at line 03 above), that will later be linked into any
270456 - follow up activity, greatly reducing tenuous struggles to recall
270457 - important matters.
270458 -
270460 -      ..
270461 -     Everyone Wants to Remember Better
270462 -
270463 -     When I explained that none of the SDS users have yet realized this
270464 -     benefit, Ron wondered if it might be uniquely suited to me.  I
270465 -     noted that SDS is a generic tool to apply techniques, like the
270466 -     "Last Withhold," so people can step back into the history of
270467 -     related events.  To the extent it is helpful to improve memory of
270468 -     important events and understandings, SDS is valuable to everybody.
270470 -      ..
270471 -     I demonstrated the SDS citation feature.  Ron indicated this could
270472 -     be very helpful in going directly to the source of current events.
270473 -     (see also "Intermediate Withhold" below).
270474 -
270475 -
270476 -
270477 -
2705 -

SUBJECTS
Religion, Paradigm Shifts
Writing, Connecting Letters into Meaning
Analysis (connects, tests, metrics)
Thinking Through Writing
Paradigm Shifts Hard to Sell Because People
Cost/Benefit, Fear, Faith
Faith, Belief in Valuable Results and
Experience SDS/Communication Metrics Only

4010 -
401101 -  ..
401102 - Religion
401103 -
401104 - Ron said that after he read my explanation showing how Covey's "7
401105 - Habits..." are derived from a well thought out world view (ref SDS 6
401106 - line 199), founded on traditional religious practice, he wondered why
401107 - he had so strongly rejected (denied) this position upon reading my
401108 - initial submission, ref DRP 1 line 206.
401110 -  ..
401111 - He recalled moving away from a strong religious practice in childhood
401112 - foll following exposure to secular views in college from which he
401113 - developed a paradigm that religion is not a sound guide to principles
401114 - of person- al conduct.  As a result, he found it difficult to accept
401115 - that the broad sweep of Covey's work with which he agrees, could be
401116 - founded on a practice he has long rejected.  So when he read my
401117 - initial analysis which did not cite Covey's specific language, he
401118 - could not accept it.
401120 -      ..
401121 -     Faith Moves Mountains
401122 -
401123 -     We considered how religion contributes to successful management,
401124 -     despite the seeming distinctions between these spheres.  I
401125 -     submitted updated analysis on this point in the record on 951205,
401126 -     and asked Ron to comment after he has a chance to make a careful
401127 -     review. ref SDS 5 8493
401128 -
401130 -  ..
401131 - Faith in the Paradigm Shift
401132 -
401133 - People need faith that investing their time to create the record will
401134 - yield better results by improving understanding, called out by Covey
401135 - in the record on 941205. ref SDS 5 2229.  They need to believe that
401136 - SDS enables writing and linking information into a body of knowledge
401137 - and ideas more quickly than can be done with conventional means, and
401138 - that this is a valuable investment in intellectual capital, i.e.
401139 - benefits exceed costs.
401141 -  ..
401142 - I suspected such capability would be valuable and so created it; hav-
401143 - ing used it, I discovered it is more valuable than suspected.  I have
401144 - discovered that writing in SDS records is first a tool to discover,
401145 - create and shape "understanding" of knowledge and ideas; second, it is
401146 - a tool to quickly and accurately remember what has been discovered;
401147 - and third, it is a tool to share (i.e. communicate) those discoveries.
401148 - Therefore, I have the faith that is missing in others because of a
401149 - unique experience.
401150 - ..
401151 - Others hold fast to the paradigm that writing is difficult and
401152 - time consuming, and so only useful in formal communications, see also
401153 - ref SDS 2 line 443, and ref SDS 3 line 558.  They have no experience
401154 - to the contrary, and no one in whom they have faith has ever told them
401155 - of this new power, so people rely on their experience of wasting time
401156 - creating and using conventional written materials with pen and paper
401157 - and staples and filing cabinets, copy machines, and even accepted
401158 - wordprocessing software, to evaluate SDS which obviates all of these
401159 - conventions. People need faith to carry them through the period of
401160 - discovering the power of a new paradigm, see ref SDS 5 line 092435.
401161 -
401162 -
401163 -
401164 -
4012 -

SUBJECTS
Art of Management is Hard to Automate
Writing, Connecting Letters into Meaning
Hands & Intellect, Synergy

4405 -
440601 -  ..
440602 - Hands and Intellect
440603 -
440604 - We discussed the synergy that seems to arise from giving physical form
440605 - to ideas with our hands through craftsmanship.  The mind is subsumed
440606 - by a process that expands at once both physical and mental acuity.
440607 -
440608 -     [On 940609 analysed value of writing v. speaking and pictures.
440609 -     per ref SDS 32 4933.]
440611 -      ..
440612 -     [On 940725 reviewed advantages of using a keyboard relative to
440613 -     voice data entry. ref SDS 15 0704]
440615 -      ..
440616 -     [On 980121 book "The Hand" developes these ideas. ref SDS 30 0000]
440617 - ..
440618 - Ron has experienced this with his work on the piano, a sense
440619 - that the hands take over the mind in deciding for themselves which
440620 - keys to strike, resulting in a creation that was beyond the minds eye.
440621 - I expect that most craftsmanship entails this phenomena to varying
440622 - degrees.  Sculptor, carpenter, painter, poet all become "talented" by
440623 - the constant reinforcement between hand and mind in exercising their
440624 - craft.
440625 -
440626 -     The "art" of management can similarly be improved by managers
440627 -     trying their hand at giving physical form to their knowledge and
440628 -     ideas through a computer keyboard, when properly directed.  Like
440629 -     playing a piano, managers can create "music" that brings new
440630 -     insight to themselves and greater harmony among colleagues.
440632 -      ..
440633 -     For this to work, managers need a means to synthesize their work
440634 -     on a computer.  SDS provides this new capability, ref OF 1 line
440635 -     59.  Managers eschew computers because they do not know this. They
440636 -     need faith that SDS overcomes their failures trying to use comput-
440637 -     ers for management.  They need a new vision, a new paradigm.
440638 -
440639 -         [On 930414 used piano analogy again. ref SDS 10 W9T2
440641 -          ..
440642 -         [On 940611 used piano again. ref SDS 14 5D2J
440644 -          ..
440645 -         [On 951117 used piano again. ref SDS 24 4341
440646 -
440647 -
440648 -
440649 -
440650 -
4407 -

SUBJECTS
Paradigm Shifts
SDS Explanation
Difficult to Explain SDS/POIMS
Breakthroughs are difficult to Understand
Automated Integration of Management Tasks
Investing Intellectual Capital
Writing & Linking

6409 -
641001 -  ..
641002 - SDS Paradigm Shift from IT to Culture of Knowledge
641003 - Automated Integration of Time and Information
641004 -
641005 - In departing, Ron suggested that I set out the paradigms (principals)
641006 - that guide the development of SDS.
641007 -
641008 - The most basic new idea SDS implements is automated integration of
641009 - time and information makes it fast and easy to use an "intelligence"
641010 - process of plan, perform and report for creating knowledge, also,
641011 - called the "Management Cycle." ref OF 1 6649  This capability enables
641012 - smooth, balanced application of key management tasks, ref OF 1 1054,
641013 - and further at ref OF 1 8559, which lift civilization by lifting the
641014 - basic human capacity to think, remember and communicate. ref OF 1 6528
641015 - ..
641016 - Since no one thinks intelligence can be aided by technology,
641017 - this seems to require a paradigm shift.....
641018 -
641019 -     [On 991108 shift from orality to lituracy contended against
641020 -     centures of tradition. ref SDS 34 4788]
641021 -
641022 -     1.  Civilization rests on people producing something of value to
641023 -         other people, see "Thou shall not steal.." ref SDS 5 8493.
641024 -         This means trade, cooperation, investing.
641026 -          ..
641027 -     2.  Good ideas applied consistently contribute to producing
641028 -         something of value for people, see ref SDS 5 4803, ref SDS 5
641029 -         6633.
641031 -          ..
641032 -     3.  Knowledge is not static, but rather is a continual process of
641033 -         discovery through the "intelligence" process of connecting
641034 -         bits and pieces of disparate experiences over time into
641035 -         patterns that reveal powerful correlations of cause and
641036 -         effect.  Automated Diaries capture current perspectives and
641037 -         permit returning again and again to test, sharpen the picture,
641038 -         and refine connections, based on subsequent events.
641039 -         ..
641040 -     4.  Writing in SDS is a process of investing intellectual
641041 -         capital, rather than an effort to tell others what we "know"
641042 -         or what to do. see POIMS. ref OF 1 3742
641044 -          ..
641045 -     5.  Investing intellectual capital produces a unique resource for
641046 -         organizational memory that increases in value when used rather
641047 -         than depreciates, and it permits consistent application of
641048 -         knowledge and ideas that produces value to people.
641050 -          ..
641051 -     6.  Planning, Scheduling, and Reporting are not separate functions
641052 -         as they have been performed for thousands of years, but rather
641053 -         are different forms of a single human enterprise:
641054 -
641055 -              Discovering and applying knowledge and ideas.
641056 -         ..
641057 -     7.  Management and indeed all human activity occurs through
641058 -         thinking, remembering and communicating, and these innate
641059 -         capacities can be enhanced through SDS automated integration.
641060 -            ..
641061 -            This is a significant paradigm shift, as explained in
641062 -            the POIMS paper. ref OF 1 line 98.
641064 -          ..
641065 -     8.  POIMS -- Personal and Organizational Integrated Management
641066 -         Support -- lifts human potential to a new level by automating
641067 -         and integrating traditional practices of time, information,
641068 -         document and contact management.
641070 -  ..
641071 - Paradigms as elements of cognitive science was reviewed on 931130 in
641072 - Jeromy Campbell's book on AI "The Improbable Machine," ref SDS 1 0404.
641073 -
641074 -
641075 -
641076 -
6411 -

SUBJECTS
Grandfather Resists Cultural Transformation Horses to Tractors New W
Last Withhold, Form of Denial

7004 -
7005 - SDS & POIMS and Cal Tech Seminar
700601 -  ..
700602 - Transformation to New Way of Working Overcome Ignorance Fear Denial
700603 -
700604 - Ron returned the documents I submitted as part of the original
700605 - analysis of "7 Habits...," ref SDS 5 4002, with his comments entered
700606 - in the margins.  I logged these annotated documents as ref DRT 1 and
700607 - 2.
700609 -  ..
700610 - He asked that I consider them after we finish meeting.  Ron said he
700611 - could not recommend SDS as a practical means to improve management,
700612 - and that his comments are frank and negative on my ideas about this
700613 - subject.  He asked that I not take his criticism as a personal
700614 - rejection.
700616 -     ..
700617 -    Denial Again
700618 -
700619 -    After the meeting I read through Ron's comments and was suprised
700620 -    to find they are consistently positive.
700621 -
700622 -    Found no strong disagreements contrary to Ron's warnings.
700624 -     ..
700625 -    The seeming disjunction between a general assessment and the
700626 -    detailed analysis, suggests strong personal forces may be at play
700627 -    in the evaluation.  We discussed at lunch today the possibility
700628 -    that his experience with computers in years past, may have
700629 -    convinced him that what I propose is not possible, similar to the
700630 -    initial rejection of the religious foundation of Covey's "7
700631 -    Habits..." ref SDS 0 3150
700632 -
700633 -        [On 941229 document illustrates frustration that leads people
700634 -        to give up on making technology useful, because of continued
700635 -        disappointment from past failures trying to make technology
700636 -        useful to management. ref SDS 13 7382]
700637 -
700639 -     ..
700640 -    Intermediate Withhold
700641 -
700642 -    This is a major sales hurdle.  Experienced executives who know the
700643 -    challenges of effective management, and are therefore the primary
700644 -    beneficiaries of SDS, resist on the grounds that no solution is
700645 -    possible.  Caution about "magical" solutions is understandable, but
700646 -    refusal to investigate, points to a deeper concern that years of
700647 -    hard won experience dealing effectively with people, time, know-
700648 -    ledge and ideas, is suddenly obsolete.  Perhaps the prospect that
700649 -    our objectives can be accomplished without the skills and habits of
700650 -    a lifetime, is another example of a "withhold."
700651 -
700652 -
700654 -     ..
700655 -    Grandfather Culture Resists Transformation Horses to Tractors
700656 -    Culture Resists Transformation Horses to Tractors Grandfather
700657 -    Horses to Tractors Grandfather Resisted Cultural Transformation
700658 -
700659 -    My father once told me of pleading with his dad to convert from
700660 -    horse drawn plows to new mechanized tractors on their farm in
700661 -    Kansas during the 1920's.  Grandfather was pursuaded by his
700662 -    experience that horses are easy and less costly to maintain since
700663 -    they are fueled by grass on the land rather than expensive
700664 -    gasoline, and he was skilled with horses, but knew nothing about
700665 -    the new equipment. His "experience" cost him his farm, his career
700666 -    and his family, in loosing out to those who recognized the benefits
700667 -    of mechanized farming.  I never met my Grandfather, but now some 45
700668 -    years after his passing, grandfather's skill, determination and
700669 -    pride in his craft seems ever present, as I go about explaining SDS
700670 -    to successful executives.
700671 -
700672 -        [On 931130 Drucker notes that life is better today not because
700673 -        we work harder than grandfather, but because we grow knowledge
700674 -        to make work easier. ref SDS 11 1199
700676 -         ..
700677 -        [On 960301 discussion with Morris on eliminating managers. see
700678 -        ref SDS 25 5040 and ref SDS 25 5760]
700680 -         ..
700681 -        [On 960423 analysed resistance to change through the "farmer v.
700682 -        hunter/gather model. ref SDS 27 0000]
700683 -
700685 -     ..
700686 -    The role of "Grandfather" is also discussed by Peter Drucker in
700687 -    explaining the process of converting to from brawn to brain power
700688 -    using knowledge to work smarter not harder, in the record on
700689 -    931130. ref SDS 11 1199.
700690 -
700692 -     ..
700693 -    Transcendent Techlology
700694 -
700695 -    Thus, resistance to advances like SDS may be assuaged by the
700696 -    prospect that reducing use of skills with manual techniques,
700697 -    empowers the busy manager to focus on the transcendent skill of
700698 -    exercising judgement and leadership.
700699 -
700700 -
700702 -  ..
700703 - Ron notes I need to clarify the meaning of POIMS on the last page of
700704 - the SDS & POIMS scope statement, ref DRT 2 line 463.
700705 -
700706 -     POIMS is defined on the first page, but it probably does not come
700707 -     through strong enough, so guess we should say again on the last
700708 -     page.
700709 -
700710 - ..
700711 - We also need a better explanation of the meaning of the chart
700712 - showing the integration of the elements of SDS, per ref DRT 2 line
700713 - 456.
700714 -
700715 -
700716 -
700717 -
7008 -

SUBJECTS
Reengineer Project Management
Wasting 70% of Day in Unproductive Meetings
Information Gridlock, Overcome
Downsizing Solution

7406 -
740701 -  ..
740702 - Reengineering, Downsizing
740703 - Solution to Information Glut
740704 -
740705 - The SDS & POIMS scope statement maintains that the only way to help
740706 - managers cope with shrinking staffs and expanding information base is
740707 - by lifting human capacity to think, remember and communicate.  Ron
740708 - wonders about the correctness of this claim, ref DRT 1 line 118.
740709 -
740710 -      It would be helpful to get a list of available solutions to this
740711 -      dilemma?
740713 -       ..
740714 -      Ron showed his copy of "7 Habits ..." to illustrate a technique
740715 -      he has used for a long time of relying on the source document to
740716 -      enter his notations and analyses.  Similarly, he entered in the
740717 -      margins of ref DRT 1 and 2, his comments.  Many executives use
740718 -      this to both save time and to avoid confusion in the record.  It
740719 -      is a fundamental feature of SDS.
740720 -      ..
740721 -      Are there other ways to address the burgeoning paper glut
740722 -      that overwhelms most mangers?
740723 -
740724 -
740725 -
740726 -
7408 -

SUBJECTS
Rear View Mirror
Wisdom, History
Experience
Chronology History Experience Causation

8206 -
820701 -  ..
820702 - Past Foretells the Future
820703 -
820704 - Ron's strongest observation is equating the call for greater reliance
820705 - on the "record" with:
820707 -  ..
820708 -
820709 -                  "Driving by looking in the mirror"
820710 -
820711 - ... (see ref DRT 2 0869).  He also questions the efficacy of using
820712 - diaries that may be inaccurate and incomplete, ref DRT 1 0868 and at
820713 - ref DRT 2 0975).
820715 -  ..
820716 - These questions exemplify the subtleties of human behavior that seem
820717 - to support SDS methods.
820718 -
820719 -         [On 950517 fear of the past is cited again. ref SDS 18 8599.]
820720 -
820721 -         [On 990404 explain how SDS uses history. ref SDS 33 9638]
820722 -      ..
820723 -      Driving a car is a mental process that looks forward with
820724 -      our eyes, while anticipating what cannot yet seen by drawing on
820725 -      past experience.
820727 -       ..
820728 -      Our recollection (i.e., experience) instantly alerts us to
820729 -      problems and opportunities along the route that have not yet come
820730 -      into view by our eyes. When driving for the first time on a road,
820731 -      we are generally very cautious because we know disaster can
820732 -      strike too quickly for our eyes to alert us.  Indeed human
820733 -      biology is wired so that we cannot avoid using our experience to
820734 -      guide real-time conduct in this way.  It is the essence of our
820735 -      humanity and serves us well in real-time situations like driving,
820736 -      walking, talking, hunting, that provide constant validation of
820737 -      decisions. Since most human activity for most of human existence
820738 -      has been of this kind, we are drawn to this method without being
820739 -      aware of it, as a biological imperative.
820740 -
820742 -       ..
820743 -      Looking Back to See the Future
820744 -
820745 -      However, where consequences of decisions are stretched out such
820746 -      as designing a building, organizing a group of people, performing
820747 -      an expensive contract provision, we know that rushing ahead based
820748 -      only on what we "see" down the road with personal recollection,
820749 -      invites disaster.  We need a deeper understanding of what lies
820750 -      ahead derived from careful consideration of past undertakings.
820751 -      Studying the past as prologue to the future, called "history,"
820752 -      has long been recognized in the Latin formulation roughly
820753 -      translated as:
820754 -
820755 -              If we forget the past we are bound to repeat it.
820757 -           ..
820758 -          [On 960627 discussion with Intel for Asilomar Conference on
820759 -          the role of linking that builds "stories," ref SDS 27 4899,
820760 -          as an organic structure of consciousness. ref SDS 27 4833]
820761 -      ..
820762 -      Clearly, nothing is new about studying the past.  SDS makes
820763 -      it easier and faster by emulating nature's endowment of facile
820764 -      inte- gration between what we see with our eyes and personal
820765 -      recall. By leveraging this reservoir of natural power, we are
820766 -      better able to navigate the long journeys of complex undertakings
820767 -      that mark the advance of civilization.  That is the idea of SDS.
820769 -       ..
820770 -      [On 950419 the J.C. Penny story shows role of experience in
820771 -      forming wisdom and vision. ref SDS 15 5622]
820773 -       ..
820774 -      [On 950830 role of traceability (linking) is developed to explain
820775 -      meaning, knowledge, wisdom and vision. ref SDS 20 1883]
820777 -       ..
820778 -      [On 960321 Cognitive Science defines an inducation process for
820779 -      building larger meanings. ref SDS 26 1234.]
820781 -       ..
820782 -      [On 990404 explain how SDS uses history. ref SDS 33 9638]
820783 -
820785 -  ..
820786 - Fast Access, Accurate History/Experience
820787 -
820788 - SDS features to manage the past, reviewed above, ref SDS 0 7344, add
820789 - to traditional uses of "history."
820790 -
820791 - Historians have written the record taught in school of what happened,
820792 - what went wrong, what worked.  Such history is the knowledge that
820793 - guides decisions on current circumstances.
820795 -  ..
820796 - Now, SDS enables everyone to use this practice everyday so history on
820797 - critical matters is always current.  Sometimes historians make
820798 - mistakes.  They draw the wrong conclusions from the documents, do not
820799 - ask all the questions of those involved.  This leads to errors, but
820800 - does not cause the slightest hesitation about continuing the practice
820801 - of writing history. Rather it leads to corrections and greater
820802 - vigilance.  When we make a wrong turn driving down the road, we do not
820803 - thereafter avoid using our recollection, but rather pay greater
820804 - attention so that our recollection is more useful on the next trip.
820805 - ..
820806 - SDS is specifically designed to provide timely history, by
820807 - placing in the hands of people who know the story, the power to write
820808 - it in the manner that they believe is most helpful to them, after
820809 - which it is immediately available to them and to others.  That is the
820810 - idea of SDS.
820811 -
820812 -     [See application to Continual Learning, ref SDS 18 line 179.]
820814 -      ..
820815 -     [See discussion with Intel for Asilomar Conference at ref SDS 27
820816 -     line 451.]
820818 -      ..
820819 -     [On 990404 explain how Com Metrics uses history. ref SDS 33 9638]
820820 -
820821 -
8209 -

SUBJECTS
Conversation Seems Fast and Easy Knowledge
Conversation/Dialog Improved by SDS
Strong Communication Skills
Executive Challenge, Self Dialog

8706 -
870701 -  ..
870702 - SDS Improves Conversation
870703 -
870704 - Ron asks about using conversation to confirm understandings drawn
870705 - from the record, ref DRT 1 line 350.
870706 -
870707 -      It is always necessary to discuss findings, options and
870708 -      conclusions.
870710 -       ..
870711 -      SDS facilitates conversation by informing it of knowledge and
870712 -      ideas from prior related events; SDS then captures and preserves
870713 -      the meaning and implications from conversation, as an investment
870714 -      in new intellectual capital that can be used in the future.
870715 -      Where the record conflicts with personal recall, parties are
870716 -      alerted to reconcile the differences to avoid precipitous action.
870717 -      ..
870718 -      This is one way SDS improves "communication."
870719 -
870721 -  ..
8708 -
8709 -
8710 - Follow Up
8711 -
871101 - Ron suggested I set out some of the paradigms that drive the
871102 - development of SDS, which is done above.
871104 -  ..
871105 - He will consider further whether he might be an effective seminar
871106 - leader to explain how to implement Covey's work with SDS.
871108 -  ..
871109 - Need improvements to chart identified above as automatic follow ups.
871110 -
871111 -
8712 -
8713 -